His love, his genius, the great beauty he has created will go on forever, enriching the world… He was a colossus… a great painter… a great philosopher… a martyr to his love of art. He died in 1989.Lust for Life is the classic fictional re-telling of the incredible life of Vincent Van Gogh. He also wrote biographies of Clarence Darrow and Earl Warren, and short biographies of men who lost presidential elections. In these novels, Stone interspersed biography with fictional narrative on the psychology and private lives of his subjects. He wrote several books in a genre that he coined the biographical novel, which recounted the lives of well-known historical figures.
a poetic and touching portrayal.-Christian Science Monitor Extraordinary! A moving story retold with sensitiveness and insight.-Forum Thorough, sympathetic, skillful.-Saturday Review of Literature About the Author Irving Stone was born in San Francisco in 1903. Review Quotes A story of excruciating power.-The New York Times Whoever reads Lust for Life will gain all the important facts concerning the life of the painter. No other novel of a great mans life has so fascinated the American public for generations. Finally, it shows us Van Gogh driven mad, tragic, and triumphant at once. The novel takes us from his desperate days in a coal mine in southern Belgium to his dazzling years in the south of France, where he knew the most brilliant artists (and the most depraved whores). Here is his tempestuous story: his dramatic life, his fevered loves for both the highest-born women and the lowest prostitutes, and his paintings-for which he was damned before being proclaimed a genius. The most famous of all of Stones novels, it is the story of Vincent Van Gogh-brilliant painter, passionate lover, and alleged madman. Book Synopsis A story of excruciating power.-The New York Times The classic, bestselling biographical novel of Vincent Van Gogh Since its initial publication in 1934, Irving Stones Lust for Life has been a critical success, a multimillion-copy bestseller, and the basis for an Academy Award-winning movie.
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